How to turn a half full glass, half emptyActually, that title should maybe read "How to turn a nearly full glass into a not full one". Only in the past two years have I found a beautiful balance in my life, yet the last six months has found me focusing on what I perceive to be missing elements of my life, and in turn that results in neglecting what you already have, enjoy and often, take for granted.
That"s bad, and is certainly not someone I would want to be, so time for a bit of a change.
I"m very lucky with my life, that"s not to say I haven"t worked hard to be in the position I am in. I have a wonderful girlfriend, two very happy dogs, good health, a roof over my head (and a new one soon, although our house move saga is a seperate blog post in itself), I"m my own boss, and I"m able to incorporate my love of poker into work aswell.
As I write this, I really do wonder what more anyone could actually ask for. And that"s the point. When I used to work for companies, putting in crazy hours to work my way up the chain, looking to impress for promotion after promotion, if progress was blocked, I"d move on to other avenues, looking to continue striving for, errrrr, well that was the problem. What the hell was I striving for ?
Then I got made redundant at the end of 2008. I knew it was coming, it wasn"t an issue, and I was well looked after by the company I was with. I"ll never forget the meeting with the Managing Director. We got on really well, and I was the last of the meetings he had to do. I"m not sure if he had left me last because he thought it would be the easiest or hardest conversation to have, but it was probably the most laid back redundancy meeting he will ever do.
So, going self employed, balancing home/work/poker life is the best thing that could have happened to me, and I only wish I had had the courage to do it sooner. Two years on, and it"s still great, but I"ve lost a bit of focus on what"s important.
I think it"s important to to be able to self evaluate where you are in life and not get yourself into a rut.
Evaluation in progress, some changes ahead.
